Real-life Love Actually: Man gets out of jury duty because he's in love
The 54-year old told the judge he was in love for the first time.
An Irish judge excused a 54-year old man from jury duty after he revealed he'd planned a long weekend away with his partner and it was his "first time in love".
Journalist Sarah Jane Murphy shared the conversation, which took place at a Dublin court on Monday (11 December), on Twitter and got 2,000 retweets.
Jury selection, CCJ, yesterday.
— Sarah-Jane Murphy (@sjanemurf) December 13, 2017
Man: I can’t serve; I’m away for weekend.
Judge: We don’t sit at weekends.
Man: I’m away till Monday. I’m 54, a bachelor & it’s my 1st time in love.
Judge: Then you GO and you GO with my blessing.
It was truly an epic moment â¤ï¸
It read:
"Man: I can't serve; I'm away for weekend.
Judge: We don't sit at weekends.
Man: I'm away till Monday. I'm 54, a bachelor & it's my 1st time in love.
Judge: Then you GO and you GO with my blessing.
It was truly an epic moment"
Sarah-Jane reveals that the man hesitantly shared his story at first, but then spoke more confidently.
"The judge broke into a broad smile and the man walked away grinning," she revealed, "The woman beside me turned to me and said, 'Did I imagine that?'"
Twitter users have been commenting that the exchange is like a scene from Richard Curtis' festive romantic comedy Love Actually.
"Is this the ending to Love Actually II?" wrote one, while another said, "This honestly sounds like the ending to a film and it's lovely!"
for every judge that gets a decision wrong there's 1000s of sensible decisions made every day like this that just shows their true wisdom
— Ernst Stavro Keay (@PJKeay) December 13, 2017
